delivery style girlfriend (r at worst)

Jake carried arabella to his car as gently as he could from the small county hospital. He was grateful they had given her a shot before they left. He could only imagine how painful his carrying could have been for her.

He didnt know what to do, He had no idea where this chris guy lived but he couldnt bring her back to the mansion and he didnt have the guy's number either. His german shepherd whined the backseat and sniffed the passed out girl's hair. She looked like hell more than usual.

"poor princess."The only person he couldthink of was thana if she hadnt moved yet. He hadnt seen her as much as he liked but she was busy working on some stuff. He decided she was safest and drove to the hotel where she lived.

He smiled as he carried bells past the front desk. The man smiled back when he recognized jake. Otherwise he would have been screwed. He was also grateful ari was so light. He carried her bride style with jax following him. When he reached thana's room he lightly kicked the door with his foot since his arms were full. He prayed she was home.

Arabella was draped in his arms. The hospital had lent her some scrubs to wear home. The bag with her clothes was down in the car. Her hair was messy and her face was bruised from trying to escape ray. She had a bruise along her right cheek, a healing black eye, and a healing split lip. Her lip was still a little swollen and bruised. Her wrists were tortorn up and wraw from what looked like handcuffs. She had two fleshwound gunshot injuriee to her right leg and one to her left. The fourth shot had nicked her femur but she would be alright otherwise. She had bandages on each injury and a pressure bandage around the worst one. She was out cold in his arms since the hospital gave her a shot of morphine when they left.

Thana had gone home the night before, and was expecting Jake and the Ari girl to arrive. She had gone home and cleaned herself up as best she could, but couldn't do all that much apart from ignore the pain. A blast damn well hurt and she had been in an major explosion, and her side was badly injured. But she really couldn't do anything apart from bandage and put a clean shirt on.

She was standing in her kitchen area when she heard the door open , and saw Jake with the girl. " about time. Put her on in the spare room ." Thana said to him, smiling softly and indicating to the open door with the ready made bed in it. She quickly looked at the small hospital tag the girl had on her wrist before sitting on a stool and typin away at her computer furiously. " Make yourself at home Jake."

Jake nodded and walked on by with the limp girl in her arms. Jax followed with a bag of her clothes in his mouth. When jake returned from the spare bedroom he walked up to thana and hugged her tightly like he hadnt seen her in forever. Seeing his ex roomate like that made him appreciate life that much more. "I didnt know whete else to take her. County hospital called mansion was the only number she remembered. She was freaking out so they sedated her. She should be fine...just in alot of pain."

He let go and stepped back. He ran a hand through his hair tiredly and looked around. He missed her alot and wished he could express it without freaking her out.

Thana watched Jake with the girl out of the corner of her eye before standing up. And flinching and tensing as Jake hugged her. Something she wasn't used to at all. " Sorry. Contact isn't something I'm used to." Thana told him, as he stepped back.

Listening to him she nodded, " I know I've been expecting you. A mutant said you were going to bring her here, I looked at her files. She will be fine, just a bit sore...... Umm... How have you been?" Thana asked him, she had been busy so hadn't gotten to see him lately.

He rubbed his hand on his face. He had up days and bad days since Stryker took him. Helping Arabella and going back into a hospital on an already bad day didnt help. He looked in on Ari to make sure she was sleeping comfortably before he answered Thana. " I know, im sorry. I wont do it again."

" A mutant told you? Wish they woulda told someone this shit was gunna happen to begin with." He forced a smile and chuckled when she asked how he was. It was a loaded question. His hands shook a little as he took his cigarettes out of his back pocket. " Iv'e had better days. Most of them involved you- hey is it ok if i smoke in here? What about you how have you been?"

Thana looked at Jake. " You.... It's... Okay.. It's okay." Thana said, smiling. She had rather enjoyed the hug, " I just wasn't expecting it.. I don't mind. If umm... You want to hug me that's umm fine." She said to him before laughing slightly. " I met her for five minutes, then had to run. Literally." Thana explained to Jake closing her computer and turnin her full attention to him. Secretly hoping he would hug her again.

" Yeah course you can smoke just open a window if you do." Thana answered, pressing a button and watching a window open. " Any window in the lounge room is fine, do you umm... Wanna chill on the couch?" She asked him, pouring a packet of chips. " I'm guessing your going to be hanging around until Bells gets better?"

He nodded at her instructions and headed over to the window and took out the cigarettes and lighter shakily. He lit one up and took a long deep drag off of it. He took a few moments and let himself calm a little. He flicked the ashes out in an ash tray. " I wasn't planning on staying long. I just didnt want to leave her at that shit place. Look ill get out of your hair so you can relax. You look beat.You can call later if you need somethin. Hope her boyfriend picks her up, she cried for him at the hospital." He put out the cigarette and ran a hand through his hair which ended up messing it up. He stood to leave and headed for the door.

Thana looked at Jake as he lit his cigarette, inwardly she frowned and she listened as she heard him speak. She didn't want him to leave. " umm would you mind staying? ... Would you umm... Give me a hug?" Thana asked of him, " there's some things you need to know about me." Thana explained to him, " her boyfriend is also in part of what I want to talk about. The girl, her boyfriend and I were all in a MRD attack last night."

Not knowing what else to do Thana went to the fridge and pulled out a slab of coke before sitting down and lighting a smoke herself . Hoping he would stay .

"Thana baby there is nothing i would want more than to stay with you but you are giving me alot of mixed signals and i just cant handle it right now. I need things straight." He turned slowly and looked at her with tired eyes. Running his hand through his hair again caused him to show the scar on his right palm. One that matched the left.

Thana looked at Jake, then stood up. " Okay how is this signal then." She asked, turning and unbuttoning her shirt and dropped it along with her sports bra to reveal the multitude of scars that she hid underneath. Her back to him he would be able to the worst ones, the whippimgs and the cuts and the giant one across her back from right shoulder to left hip. Plus the injuries from the blast from last night where it was black and bruised and had a giant sticky patch bandage on her right side.

" Jake I like you, and I trust you but I'm scared of physical contact and having feelings because I was held by the MRD for almost a decade. I've never dated and never got close to anyone like I have with you. That sets things straight ." Thana said to him, turning back with her shirt tucked across her chest so she could look at him, well at least she wanted to. But she was ashamed of her body and couldn't look at him.

Jake took off his jacket and gently put it around her shoulders so she would be properly covered. "Thana i dont want that from you. Not yet anyways. I just need to know you want me in your life." He started to stroke her cheek but hesitated and dropped his hand back down. He gave her his half smile. "Im not that kind of jerk thana. But im insecure.Im secure enough to admit that."

Arabella had been through absolute hell in the past week. The hospital was going to start giving her frequent injury miles at this point. At the hospital they had given her a sedative. After the agent had put a gun to her head then left she flipped out, punched a doctor even. Luckily she made a call to Jake before the sedative. His was the only number she had.

The sedative was wearing off. She was waking up in yet ANOTHER strange place. She jerked upright in bed and pain tore through her leg. She let out a shriek of pain and terror as she began to panic. She wasnt even in her own clothes anymore. What the hell happened?!

Thana looked up as Jake walked over to her , what he said only proved he was a gentleman. " I wasn't offering that... Not yet , but yes I do want you in my life Jake. I just wanted you to understand more about me. And your not a jerk, and you don't have to be insecure around me" she told him, gently grabbing both hands where his scars were.

" We have both been hurt because of who and what we are, but I look at you and I see a strong young man. And a friend and someone I can trust ." Thana said, before looking as she heard the girl scream in pain and went to move near her when thanas legs went weak underneath her as a shooting pain erupted from her side and she grabbed on to the couch, falling slightly . " W-woah." She said softly, " check on the girl."